US FTC Says Facebook Misused Privacy Decree to Terminate Political Ad Research

US FTC Says Facebook Misused Privacy Decree to Terminate Political Ad Research

Facebook was criticized by the US Federal Trade Commission for making “misleading claims” about why it had deactivated the accounts of researchers examining political ads on the social media platform.

Facebook said it disabled the New York University researchers’ personal accounts and access because of concerns about the privacy of other users.

The FTC wrote to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg saying that it was “inaccurate” that the social media company’s actions were required under the 2019 consent decree.

Sam Levine, the FTC’s acting director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection said, “While I appreciate that Facebook has now corrected the record, I am disappointed by how your company has conducted itself in this matter.”

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